Scripture Reading: Matthew 11:25-30
Scripture Passage:
“Come to me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28-30 NIV)
Many a nights I plop into bed bone tired and recall a past time when I’ve not just been tired, but weary in my soul. Bone tired is not like soul tired. The first needs only a nap and a long nights rest to recover. The other needs God and His hand to hold me up.
In 2009, my heart decided it no longer wanted to beat in rhythm. As a musician, I’m well aware of what off-beats do to a melody. First came a Cardiologist visit, a heart holter monitor and then a diagnosis. The next few months proved modern medicine, although advanced, does not always produce the desired outcome. What looked to be a routine SVT (Supra-ventricular tachycardia) was anything but, and my body refused to respond to the newest heart drugs on the market. I was referred to a specialist for immediate surgery.
Life was as messy as it could get. I went from a normal Home school Mom of three boys to an almost-expert in medical terminology and paperwork who now had an overflowing medicine cabinet that looked like a pharmacy. Surgery proved to be unsuccessful. As I sat in the Doctor’s office two weeks later and was given my discharge papers as his patient and listened to his words, “I’ve done all I can for you. Get your affairs in order,” one thing came to mind as I lay my head on the steering wheel a few minutes later and cried, “Come to me all ye who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.”
Looking back, I just knew it was the end, but I had no idea God would use this in a mighty way in my future. I dug my heels in, prayed every prayer from God’s Word I could find and started over again when I got to the end of the good book. My heart continued to beat out-of-control at a moment’s notice, but I kept going after each episode, refusing to waste one moment of life given. God eventually moved my husband and me and my family later that same year and a new Doctor in a new town decided I should try an old heart drug that worked a little differently. He worked tirelessly with me for the next year to get my body to accept a dose that would stabilize my out-of-control heartbeat. It finally worked.
Whatever it is that you’re going through today, I urge you to grab your Bible, dig your heels in, and “Come to God all you who are weary and burdened, and He will give you rest. Take His yoke upon you and learn from Him, for He is gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. His yoke is easy and His burden is light.”
It’s been 9 years now and I’m still alive and praising God as I traipse through windy mountain trails, swim laps three days a week at the Y and write for God, my Savior, Healer, Redeemer and Comforter at From One Woman’s Heart to Another at: https://www.facebook.com/From-One-Womans-Heart-to-Another-1384098821682081/?ref=bookmarks, https://www.instagram.com/fromonewomanshearttoanother/?hl=en and https://fromonewomanshearttoanother.wordpress.com/about/
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